RECAP: A three-run sixth inning gave the Twins the lead for the first time and the bullpen pitched its second shutout in as many days, this one spanning the final three innings, as Minnesota won in front of 38,626, the fifth sellout at Target Field this season.

Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau got the sixth inning started with a walk and a single, and Ryan Doumit, Chris Colabello and Clete Thomas all drove in runs.

MEANING: The Twins (41-53) have won four straight games after dropping 12 of 13. They clinched their second consecutive series victory.

ETC.: Mauer and Morneau combined to reach base six times in eight plate appearances. … Both starting pitchers — Corey Kluber and Kevin Correia — threw 93 pitches, 55 for strikes. … Trevor Plouffe went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts. … Colabello recorded his first major league RBI. … Twins manager Ron Gardenhire left the dugout because of illness. He stayed in the Target Field clubhouse for the rest of the game.

— Chad Graff

UP NEXT: vs. Indians, 1:10 p.m. Sunday, FSN, KTWN-FM 96.3

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